KLRCA Certificate Programme in Sports Arbitration 2018

Event Description

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) has identi­ed the need for resolution of disputes in the sports industry in Malaysia. Arbitration has been known to be an effective medium to resolve disputes amicably and that conviction remains a principal catalyst of the upcoming Malaysian Sports Tribunal (MST). With the upcoming establishment of MST, the sports ministry and associations alike will be able to pass on the intricacies of dealing with sporting disputes to the newly formed body and in turn focus on the development and capacity re­nement of their respective portfolio.

To this end, a specialised set of MST Arbitration Rules is currently being ­nalised, along with a specialist panel of Sports Arbitrators drawing on both arbitration and sports communities, and the drafting of a ‑exible cost structure. Accordingly, there will exist a need for sports stakeholders to familiarize themselves with the technical aspects of MST’s framework, which to an extent mirrors the CAS system.

In Malaysia, sporting dispute resolution remains at its infancy, where knowledge and experience in the theoretical and practical aspects of sports dispute resolution at national and international levels amongst sports stakeholders throughout Malaysia has been scarce at best.

Event Schedule

Course Directors:

1. DATUK PROFESSOR SUNDRA RAJOO

Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)

Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo is the Director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) and has been recently appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee. The ethics committee is responsible for investigating possible infringement’s of FIFA’s code of ethics and issuing appropriate sanctions. The committee also includes an investigatory chamber which investigates potential violations and produces reports for the adjudicatory chamber.

2. PROFESSOR RICHARD MCLAREN OC

Senior Fellow (Melbourne Law Masters), University of Melbourne;

Western University Canada, Canada;

Member, Court Of Arbitration For Sport, Canada

Richard McLaren is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Western University, Canada. He has published in a wide range of areas, including dispute resolution and bankruptcy. He has extensive practical experience as a commercial lawyer and a labour and commercial arbitrator and mediator.

Member, World Rugby Anti-Doping Panel and International Biathlon Union Court of Arbitration

Paul Hayes is a Barrister & Arbitrator and holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Queensland University of Technology and Master of Studies (MSt) from the University of Cambridge, where he was also a Visiting Fellow in 2005-2006 (Faculty of Law, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and Wolfson College). He also holds a Diploma of International Commercial Arbitration (DipICArb) from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, where he is also a Fellow (FCIArb).